Latest local news, weather and high school sports for Tri-State area

Yesterday at 9:15 PM  Aerial Video Added: County emergency director says it could be weeks before things in the city return to normal.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 8:00 AM  Residents report hearing a loud strike. The went outside to find a brick chimney collapsed into the parking lot for nearby apartments.

Yesterday at 7:45 AM  School hit hard by Tuesday storm damage.

Yesterday at 7:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Yesterday at 7:00 AM  The National Weather Service amended its report that a tornado struck Hannibal Thursday night. Meteorologists from the St. Louis office determined that straight-line winds between 80 and 100 mph struck Hannibal Tuesday.

Monday, May 20, 2013  Swarm of tornadoes slam Plains, Midwest; 1 dead in Oklahoma mobile home park ravaged by twister

Friday, April 26, 2013  Mike Beebe is charged driving under the influence and failure to give information upon damaging other property.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  USDA Secretary Vilsack to announce expansion of program aimed at reducing rural poverty

Monday, March 11, 2013  Judge strikes down NYC's sugary-drinks size rule; enforcement had been set to start Tuesday

Sunday, March 10, 2013  Almost 800 food and building-service workers at the University of Illinois will walk off the job for three days beginning Monday.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Ahead of UN sanctions vote, North Korea vows preemptive nuke strikes against US

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Kentucky senator uses rare filibuster to block vote on President Obama's nominee to lead CIA

Friday, March 01, 2013  Obama, in broad legal opinion, urges Supreme Court to overturn California gay marriage ban

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  After creating blizzard conditions in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, winter storm plows into Missouri